Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-07-01
THE DAY OF JUBILEE
PRESIDENT ANestls ADDRESS
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Ass Azsoz Jans 3o.-Soos after 8
o'clock the procession ofprotsssors. regents.
alumni and students were formed by Ma
jor Souls, ana marched 70 Memorial hslh
where President ANGELS historical address
vas % be giyea.
Summing uD the past President Angel
fOana that tue sUa,Sss attained by Alehi-
saa I luiyefsatg VAS due nrsI Ofiall y the
br0ad Conception, shieh has Tor the mess
part been held with Cislnctnezs Of ths
functions ana methods OF = university.
The plan has besn large and generous.
The GeEman method rather than the Eng
hsh has happily been followed but the
German plans have beens adapted, 10 tie
wants OF our times aud our county. New
methods have been introduced without
lear. and this spirit OF pfogrsssiyeness has
been = source OF great power
Again. the authorities have always Kept.
"a miad the wise saying OF 2upt. Pierce
that men, not bricks and mortar. make
university. Certainly there Is nothing IN
the beauty or elegance of most OF our build
ings % awaken any special vanity on our
part But from the opening OF the Univ er-
slty there has never been time when the
faculties did not contain many able and
eminent men, and for more than 81 years
now passed men Of national and Of Europe
sn reputation have always been found Civ
ing instruction within these halls The
speaker dwelt upon the esprit du corps
which induced professors TO remain at
Michigan University in spite OF financial
Temptations TO go elsewhere.
The third element of success was found
Ia the plan OF bringing education within
the reach of the poor. The early settlers OF
the State, though some OF them were well
educated, were generally men of limited
means. They appreciated intellectual train
ing and desired that il should, If possible,
be secured by their children. They know
that the rich could send their sons away 10
Eastern colleges. but II college education
Was to be gained by their sons IL must be st
small cost. They. therefore, naturally ssd
wisely provided that instruction should pc
afforded at a nominal rate. There could
have been no greater misfortune TO this
State than such an organization Of hikher
education that il should have been acccS-
slble 10 the rich alone. Society is now stif-
flciently shaken by antagonisns between
rich and poor. But suppose we had the
poor hopelessly doomed to comparative
ignorance by the costliness of advanced
edrcation, aud so had society divided into
two classes, the one rich and highly edu-
Gated and toe other poor and with limited
education, how much more dreadful would
be the chasm between the ricfand the poor
than il now is.
Fourthly, the schools of the State have
helped the University IS also the Upiver-
sitv has helped them. President ANGEL
thought that the standard of the High
Schools had been raised since students be-
gan 10 be admitted TO the University on
diploma. Without any very definite ex-
preston on the subject of this connection
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ism of his address by any indication that he
thought Prof. SllPs structures OF yesterday
had any ground in reason.
The Loyalty and success of the 5000 grad
yates were mentioned as a fifth source of
strength, and he found that stimulus comes
from other colleges and is also given to
them. The Western state universities in
particular were indebted TO Michigan for
their plans and theis inspiration.
A word Of caution was given, that in the
exubeTant Joy the essential condition of
prosperity should not be overlooked. That
condition is the hearty sympathy and sup
port Of the state of Michigan. Constant aid
must come from the state treasury If the
University is not TO shrink from great in
sttution with a cosmopolitan constituency
and a cosmopolitan fame TO a local school
with limited constituency and fading
reputation. The vital question there
fore is. If the University persists in
her old habit of growing, will this COM
nsonwealth stand by her and meet
her pressing needE? All these eighty years
Cass.ndras have not been wanting, who
have predicted that the State. would in
WEAKNESS abandon the Uniyersity. Hap
ply these predictions have never been full
filled. Never before was the University so
strongly intrenched in the affections Of the
State. But the sons and daughters and
friends Of the University may lay il sobeIly
to heart that the prevalence of an intelli-
gent public opinion upon the value OF the
institution is absolutely essential TO her
perpetuity. and that on them it mai0 de-
pends, whether such public opinion, sp-
preciatiye and sympathetic, shall prevail.
The sentiments OF narrow minded
men, said President Angel. "'yho would
limit the University, should resd the early
act OF incorporation aud learn what was
Their the Michigan spirit"
After bis own address President Angel
introduced Professor Goodale. of Harvard
University. who was clad in q flowing
academic gown OF rich black silk. Among
animals and plants" said Professor
Goodale, there is a struggle for existence.
but many institutions like this exist for all
the others.
Rsv. Dr.. Murray. Of the Princeton faculty.,
spos;e the greetings OF that college. and
President Northrup. Of the University OF
Minnesota, said that before he came TO Aun
Arbor he kueE about as much about the
University Of Michigan. as the Governor of
Mici1igan did. This provoked tremendous
applause. Cheer sfter cheer went up from
al sides Of the hail, snd IL was some time
before ne could SPEAK sgsin. Pardon me"
he said. la apparent surprise. If have
tcGcbed upon a tender point" ana tie aD-
piarise vas again repeated.
After these speeches diplomas were given
TO the graduates OF the vsrioas depart
merts
At2 O'Clock q grand banquet in = large
tent in the rear of the ball closed the
festivities